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Star 5 In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 1 from 1–18.
Main numbers Stars 125 times drawn · chance expected 131 −0.52σ
14 draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number
18.8 average wait between appearances · chance says 18.0
101 longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long
5 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 125 times in 2,354 draws against 130.8 expected, −0.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
5 Number 5, draw by draw Drawn 125 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 18.8 draws · longest completed wait 101 · waiting 14 draws now
14 draws: 2015-02-16 to 2015-04-06 18 draws: 2015-04-06 to 2015-06-08 2 draws: 2015-06-08 to 2015-06-15 2 draws: 2015-06-15 to 2015-06-22 1 draws: 2015-06-22 to 2015-06-25 29 draws: 2015-06-25 to 2015-10-05 2 draws: 2015-10-05 to 2015-10-12 16 draws: 2015-10-12 to 2015-12-07 5 draws: 2015-12-07 to 2015-12-24 12 draws: 2015-12-24 to 2016-02-04 2 draws: 2016-02-04 to 2016-02-11 13 draws: 2016-02-11 to 2016-03-28 31 draws: 2016-03-28 to 2016-07-14 3 draws: 2016-07-14 to 2016-07-25 22 draws: 2016-07-25 to 2016-10-10 6 draws: 2016-10-10 to 2016-10-31 30 draws: 2016-10-31 to 2017-02-13 5 draws: 2017-02-13 to 2017-03-02 20 draws: 2017-03-02 to 2017-05-11 13 draws: 2017-05-11 to 2017-06-26 6 draws: 2017-06-26 to 2017-07-17 4 draws: 2017-07-17 to 2017-07-31 18 draws: 2017-07-31 to 2017-10-02 32 draws: 2017-10-02 to 2018-01-22 15 draws: 2018-01-22 to 2018-03-15 23 draws: 2018-03-15 to 2018-06-04 18 draws: 2018-06-04 to 2018-08-06 1 draws: 2018-08-06 to 2018-08-09 24 draws: 2018-08-09 to 2018-11-01 10 draws: 2018-11-01 to 2018-12-06 12 draws: 2018-12-06 to 2019-01-17 29 draws: 2019-01-17 to 2019-04-29 11 draws: 2019-04-29 to 2019-06-06 2 draws: 2019-06-06 to 2019-06-13 28 draws: 2019-06-13 to 2019-09-19 19 draws: 2019-09-19 to 2019-11-25 16 draws: 2019-11-25 to 2020-01-20 21 draws: 2020-01-20 to 2020-04-02 48 draws: 2020-04-02 to 2020-09-17 15 draws: 2020-09-17 to 2020-11-09 35 draws: 2020-11-09 to 2021-03-11 4 draws: 2021-03-11 to 2021-03-25 35 draws: 2021-03-25 to 2021-07-21 7 draws: 2021-07-21 to 2021-07-28 47 draws: 2021-07-28 to 2021-09-13 12 draws: 2021-09-13 to 2021-09-25 1 draws: 2021-09-25 to 2021-09-26 11 draws: 2021-09-26 to 2021-10-07 7 draws: 2021-10-07 to 2021-10-14 30 draws: 2021-10-14 to 2021-11-13 8 draws: 2021-11-13 to 2021-11-21 60 draws: 2021-11-21 to 2022-01-20 2 draws: 2022-01-20 to 2022-01-22 41 draws: 2022-01-22 to 2022-03-04 85 draws: 2022-03-04 to 2022-05-28 2 draws: 2022-05-28 to 2022-05-30 29 draws: 2022-05-30 to 2022-06-28 45 draws: 2022-06-28 to 2022-08-12 26 draws: 2022-08-12 to 2022-09-07 22 draws: 2022-09-07 to 2022-09-29 52 draws: 2022-09-29 to 2022-11-20 19 draws: 2022-11-20 to 2022-12-09 5 draws: 2022-12-09 to 2022-12-14 26 draws: 2022-12-14 to 2023-01-09 1 draws: 2023-01-09 to 2023-01-10 12 draws: 2023-01-10 to 2023-01-22 17 draws: 2023-01-22 to 2023-02-08 16 draws: 2023-02-08 to 2023-02-24 8 draws: 2023-02-24 to 2023-03-04 4 draws: 2023-03-04 to 2023-03-08 9 draws: 2023-03-08 to 2023-03-17 10 draws: 2023-03-17 to 2023-03-27 1 draws: 2023-03-27 to 2023-03-28 5 draws: 2023-03-28 to 2023-04-02 6 draws: 2023-04-02 to 2023-04-08 33 draws: 2023-04-08 to 2023-05-11 16 draws: 2023-05-11 to 2023-05-27 15 draws: 2023-05-27 to 2023-06-11 25 draws: 2023-06-11 to 2023-07-06 14 draws: 2023-07-06 to 2023-07-20 2 draws: 2023-07-20 to 2023-07-22 21 draws: 2023-07-22 to 2023-08-12 8 draws: 2023-08-12 to 2023-08-20 57 draws: 2023-08-20 to 2023-10-16 9 draws: 2023-10-16 to 2023-10-25 21 draws: 2023-10-25 to 2023-11-15 3 draws: 2023-11-15 to 2023-11-18 16 draws: 2023-11-18 to 2023-12-04 13 draws: 2023-12-04 to 2023-12-17 6 draws: 2023-12-17 to 2023-12-23 62 draws: 2023-12-23 to 2024-02-23 4 draws: 2024-02-23 to 2024-02-27 17 draws: 2024-02-27 to 2024-03-15 10 draws: 2024-03-15 to 2024-03-25 7 draws: 2024-03-25 to 2024-04-01 18 draws: 2024-04-01 to 2024-04-19 26 draws: 2024-04-19 to 2024-05-15 15 draws: 2024-05-15 to 2024-05-30 19 draws: 2024-05-30 to 2024-06-18 7 draws: 2024-06-18 to 2024-06-25 6 draws: 2024-06-25 to 2024-07-01 63 draws: 2024-07-01 to 2024-09-02 4 draws: 2024-09-02 to 2024-09-06 15 draws: 2024-09-06 to 2024-09-21 24 draws: 2024-09-21 to 2024-10-15 10 draws: 2024-10-15 to 2024-10-25 12 draws: 2024-10-25 to 2024-11-06 1 draws: 2024-11-06 to 2024-11-07 22 draws: 2024-11-07 to 2024-11-29 1 draws: 2024-11-29 to 2024-11-30 44 draws: 2024-11-30 to 2025-01-13 14 draws: 2025-01-13 to 2025-01-27 15 draws: 2025-01-27 to 2025-02-11 44 draws: 2025-02-11 to 2025-03-27 29 draws: 2025-03-27 to 2025-04-25 2 draws: 2025-04-25 to 2025-04-27 46 draws: 2025-04-27 to 2025-06-12 22 draws: 2025-06-12 to 2025-07-04 101 draws: 2025-07-04 to 2025-10-13 12 draws: 2025-10-13 to 2025-10-25 32 draws: 2025-10-25 to 2025-11-26 44 draws: 2025-11-26 to 2026-01-09 21 draws: 2026-01-09 to 2026-01-30 8 draws: 2026-01-30 to 2026-02-07 Still waiting — at least 14 draws since 2026-02-07 2015-02-16 2015-04-06 2015-06-08 2015-06-15 2015-06-22 2015-06-25 2015-10-05 2015-10-12 2015-12-07 2015-12-24 2016-02-04 2016-02-11 2016-03-28 2016-07-14 2016-07-25 2016-10-10 2016-10-31 2017-02-13 2017-03-02 2017-05-11 2017-06-26 2017-07-17 2017-07-31 2017-10-02 2018-01-22 2018-03-15 2018-06-04 2018-08-06 2018-08-09 2018-11-01 2018-12-06 2019-01-17 2019-04-29 2019-06-06 2019-06-13 2019-09-19 2019-11-25 2020-01-20 2020-04-02 2020-09-17 2020-11-09 2021-03-11 2021-03-25 2021-07-21 2021-07-28 2021-09-13 2021-09-25 2021-09-26 2021-10-07 2021-10-14 2021-11-13 2021-11-21 2022-01-20 2022-01-22 2022-03-04 2022-05-28 2022-05-30 2022-06-28 2022-08-12 2022-09-07 2022-09-29 2022-11-20 2022-12-09 2022-12-14 2023-01-09 2023-01-10 2023-01-22 2023-02-08 2023-02-24 2023-03-04 2023-03-08 2023-03-17 2023-03-27 2023-03-28 2023-04-02 2023-04-08 2023-05-11 2023-05-27 2023-06-11 2023-07-06 2023-07-20 2023-07-22 2023-08-12 2023-08-20 2023-10-16 2023-10-25 2023-11-15 2023-11-18 2023-12-04 2023-12-17 2023-12-23 2024-02-23 2024-02-27 2024-03-15 2024-03-25 2024-04-01 2024-04-19 2024-05-15 2024-05-30 2024-06-18 2024-06-25 2024-07-01 2024-09-02 2024-09-06 2024-09-21 2024-10-15 2024-10-25 2024-11-06 2024-11-07 2024-11-29 2024-11-30 2025-01-13 2025-01-27 2025-02-11 2025-03-27 2025-04-25 2025-04-27 2025-06-12 2025-07-04 2025-10-13 2025-10-25 2025-11-26 2026-01-09 2026-01-30 2026-02-07 2015-01-29 2026-02-21 a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap
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1st smallest 125 · chance 125.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 17 of the other 17 numbers; chance expects about 17 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it Under the crowd model, 5 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 18. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 5 →
Every draw it appeared in ← star 4 Every number star 6 → What this cannot tell you Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 5 is drawn with probability 1/18 tonight whatever it did last week.